ESTEEMED ILOKANO WRITER WHO SHOULD BE A NATIONAL ARTIST

     If there is an esteemed writer that deserves the description, it is Juan S.P. Hidalgo, Jr., who should be a National Artist. He is one respected Ilokano writer that includes F. Sionil Jose, the most translated Filipino writer; the literary icon Ariel Solver Agcaoili,  Pacifico Espanto, Paul B. Zafaralla, the late Ruperta Asuncion, the late Juan Alegre, the late Apo Godo Reyes, the late Arturo Padua, the late David Campanano, the late Santiago Alcantara, the late Pelagio Alcantara, the late Constante Casabar, the late Francisco Quitasol, Roy Aragon and the young Mighty Rasing and the much younger Junley Lorenzana Lazaga. Also deserving attention is the rising Ilokano writer Michael Soriano Macugay and the highlander Julio Belmes.

    T. Gabriel Tugade of the California-based Tugade Foundation is inviting Apo JSPH to the 4th Tugade Literary Awards program scheduled on Sept. 29 at the Palazzo de Laoag in Laoag City.